• Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    You don’t need to ban 3D printers. Restrictions and licensing requirements for making, using, owning rockets and guidance software are enough.

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      His guidance is just wifi cameras talking to it. Not sure it even is using gps.

      To ban stuff like this you have to ban a lot of useful tech

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      4 hours ago

      This already would fall under an FFL for legal citizens anyway. As is the nature of the internet though, this open design will be preserved and available for those who seek it.

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        Yes. I am actually surprised we haven’t seen a major terrorist attack in a western country using remote controlled or autonomous drones for example. The technology has been available for years now.

        3D printed home made guns like the FGC-9 and Urutau have been around for a while now, but remain marginal in gun crime.

        As you say, the cat is out the bag and on the internet forever. However homemade guns and instructions on how to make them have been around for decades.

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          Most western terrorist attacks are by opportunistic losers who don’t have the knowledge or motivation to do something like this.

          They’d rather drive a car into people who make them angry and use a gun they already own.

          As for organized groups until recently there have been any good reason for an attack from any centrally organized group.

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          Ukraine and Russia are western countries. Narco cartels have started using fpv drones, too.